Living with IBD

Recently I was diagnosed with IBD (inflammatory bowel disease). So this is my road to not recovery but to understanding and learning to accept that I will have to cope and work with this for the rest of my life. This is a blog of my view, opinions, recent news on IBD and helpful hints if I find any. You will find some of my blogs may be quite witty and they are not meant to offend anyone in anyway. My way of living life is basically laughter is the best medicine but I find I do have my days of totally “losing it” with tons of tears. When the doctors ask me how I am doing, when I jokingly reply “shitty” I literally mean it. Please feel free to share your thoughts.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

What is IBD?

IBD is inflammatory bowel disease. IBD is inflammation of the colon and intestines. Chron’s and Ulcerative Colitis are some forms of IBD.
A few symptoms are:
Pain in the abdomen
Diarrhea
Bloody Stools
Vomiting
Fever
Weight Loss
Joint Pain
Fatigue

What is the difference between IBD and IBS?
IBS is Irritable Bowel Syndrome which is a disorder of the bowels that mostly alternates between diarrhea and constipation. It is also know as spastic colon. It has some of the same symptoms as IBD but it is not a disease. It is considered a functional disorder and the intestines look normal where as IBD shows irritations of the intestines.
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